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Well I stated at the beginning that closing roads to traffic will reduce injuries caused by said traffic...that's bleedingly obvious...not sure why, other than deflection tactics, you are fixated on that point. It's your usual deflection and distraction tactics and here is a reminder of what I said and I stand by it all...it's impartial propaganda, a bit like your 55% in support of the DV closures claim, amplified by an activist journalist in the guise of an "exclusive ". You're all at it! Peter Walker "exclusive" Bleedingly obvious conclusion Rachel Aldred and Anna Goodman authored File accordingly... P.S. is anyone else kind of surprised to still see Anna Goodman being quoted as a co-author of these, ahem, impartial, reports 😉

I just did. Its just not what you wanted me to say as you tried desperately to divert the conversation onto what you want to talk about...

Ha ha, she might get frustrated....frustrated enough to tear down a poster and run off with it like a petulant child.... I mean for any grown adult to do that is humiliating enough but for someone who is supposed to be the impartial voice on LTNs it's a bit of an own goal and one of the best "gotcha" moments. But when folks on here defend actions like this is there wonder there is no accountability. No wonder a growing number of people are sceptical of anything that group turns out now...hey but it keeps Peter Walker in "exclusives" so it keeps him happy at least...;-) "Get frustrated" I am still laughing at that.....thank goodness that camera was there to catch her in the act.... @snowy you clearly have zero clue how the media works and anyone with a modicum of knowledge or experience working in the media or PR industry will know I am right. But, unfortunately for you, I am absolutely correct. That's how exclusives work....deary, deary, deary me....may I suggest you type "media exclusive" into Google and read the results if you dont believe me....

Yes, they were knocking on everyone's door - two of them working the streets around the Square handing out a crime advice leaflet.

Which is massively undermined by her "personal actions". Surely even you can acknowledge that? So is it ok for a police officer to shoplift in their personal time - they're off-duty so it must be ok?

No, you are wrong. If that is the case then that is not an exclusive. An embargoed press release sent to hundreds is not an exclusive - it only becomes an exclusive if it is sent to only one person - that is the very nature of an exclusive - the journalist is saying: I am the only person who has this information. Again, that is absolute nonsense - you clearly have no idea how an exclusive works. I am sniping at a co-author of an "impartial" report who has a history of very impartial behaviours when it comes to LTNs as I have zero confidence that the impulsiveness she showed to tear down an anti-LTN poster in her local shop does not permeate into her work. By having her involved in the piece of work discredits the report. Surely you can see the issue there? Personal opinions are fine. We are not talking about that though are we? We are talking about someone who was caught tearing down anti-LTN posters which were calling for people to join the LTN debate in her local shop - she was trying to stifle democratic opposition to the LTNs and then is being upheld as an impartial voice in the LTN debate - it's utterly laughable that people think this is ok but actually goes to show the hypocritical nature of many.

A PCSO knocking on people's doors giving residents leaflets about how to combat crime in the area......they said that the road closures had lead to increases in crime - for example there is a real problem with moped scams at the moment where mopeds deliberately drive into cars to make insurance claims - they circle around Court Lane through to Townley looking for women in cars and drive into them - to make false insurance claims. It is happening daily and they hate it when people go to the aid of the driver.

@exdulwicher......you can only use the exclusive moniker if you know you're the only person getting it. Peter Walker will be being "given" these on the basis of "exclusivity". Here is how it works. The research house, or their PR company, will call Peter and tell him, we have a new report, would you like it as an "exclusive"? He then knows he gets first dibs at the report before anyone else and the PR company/research house will be confident they will get their message delivered in a favourable light from a "friendly" journalist. The Guardian editor will be happy because the story will get clicks on the basis that it is exclusive - they will also be happy because it will get clicks because people like me will click on it to see how it is being spun. And so the game continues.....

PCSOs have been door-knocking on streets around the Square due to problems with crime in the area and are telling people that the road closures have led to an increase in crime, in particular phone thefts, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and crash scams and for residents to be alert and to buy cameras, crook-looks and what to do if someone tries to crash-scam them.

Bleedingly obvious because if you eliminate a vast majority of vehicles from sections of road does it come as any surprise that accidents involving, and reported via STATS19, diminish..hardly a big surprise is it....? Interesting that in 2021 Peter Walker was lauding a 50% decrease proclaimed and now a third - can anyone explain that? It's a bit like when the council proclaimed what a success the LTNs were because traffic had dropped on the roads closed to through traffic......errr....all a bit self-serving and for propaganda purposes hoping to blind people with headline stats. BTW do you think having Anna Goodman involved in the report adds to it's credibility? Do you think it is any surprise people question how impartial these reports are when she co-authored them after the lack of impartiality she displayed when she tore down the anti-LTN poster in her local shop? I know that the report flags the potential conflict of interest AG has and from what I hear from other residents her, and her family's involvement, in the local lobby group extends to far more than a "from time to time, AG volunteers in a personal capacity" which I suspect has had to have been added due to the shop incident which I am sure some justify as been being done "in a personal capacity". That one incident shows she is anything but impartial and, in any other business, she would not be allowed anywhere near reports that are trying to claim the same.

Interesting disclaimers on the notes: AG clearly refers to Anna Goodman - they seem to have omitted the part where they mention she was caught pulling down pro-LTN posters in her local shop...;-) Competing interests AG lives in a former LTN in South London. It is not one of the LTNs studied in this paper, having been introduced more recently than the end date of this study. From time to time, AG volunteers in a personal capacity with local healthy streets and safe routes to school groups. Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. Supplemental material This content has been supplied by the author(s). It has not been vetted by BMJ Publishing Group Limited (BMJ) and may not have been peer-reviewed. Any opinions or recommendations discussed are solely those of the author(s) and are not endorsed by BMJ. BMJ disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on the content. Where the content includes any translated material, BMJ does not warrant the accuracy and reliability of the translations (including but not limited to local regulations, clinical guidelines, terminology, drug names and drug dosages), and is not responsible for any error and/or omissions arising from translation and adaptation or otherwise.

What's happening though because exactly the same article Peter Walker penned in 2021 claimed accidents in LTNs were being halved...? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/23/low-traffic-schemes-halve-number-of-road-injuries-study-shows It must be frustrating that Peter Walker is the only journalist who now covers these "news" stories...clearly him always getting the "exclusive" is killing the newsworthiness of the stories for everyone else...;-)

Alternatively, LTN propaganda derived from statistical jiggery pokery (interesting the link takes you to a summary of the report and the actual report is not available) given as an "exclusive " to an active travel activist journalist who will give the story the nice ride the report authors want. A report co-authored by someone caught tearing down anti-LTN posters in her local shop. Yup, and I am the one in a dark rabbit hole....;-)

Peter Walker "exclusive" Bleedingly obvious conclusion Rachel Aldred and Anna Goodman authored File accordingly... P.S. is anyone else kind of surprised to still see Anna Goodman being quoted as a co-author of these, ahem, impartial, reports 😉

Yes I wasn't taking issue with what Chris Whitty said just laughing at the irony of Peter Walker writing about those stoking "culture wars"!

Dulwich is encircled again by road'works! It's got so bad even Margy is irate:

And outside JAGS tonight as well.

I do also laugh when I see a "culture-war" article penned by Peter Walker......he's never done anything to stoke the culture war....;-)

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/cyclists-fines-jumping-red-lights-city-of-london-b1236074.html I am not sure this can come as a surprise to anyone who witnesses cycle behaviour in London. Of course some claim there isn't a problem but these stats from the police and Lime would suggest otherwise. 52% of respondents admitted to jumping red lights with 16% say they do it regularly. Interesting that Lime feel compelled to launch a campaign called "Respect the Red". Clearly a big issue.

No, he was utterly un-electable. Any sensible, non-Momentum, Labour member knew this. Corbyn likes to blame the press but that is the far-left modus operandi - find someone else to blame when the problem lies at your doorstep. I know someone who was on his team and they convinced themselves that they had won on the basis of social media. He was a disaster for the party and only Covid and the incompetence of the Tories allowed Labour to recover. Corbyn was on Newsnight last night clearly putting himself back on the circuit in the hope of a Starmer downfall. This is why Labour HQ does not want McAsh leading the council - they are trying to purge the party of the far-left due to the damage they have done to it and I believe any swing to a more far-left leadership in Labour HQ would be an unmitigated disaster and just be rolling out the red-carpet for Farage. But the far-left won't care they see another opportunity to take over after they fumbled the ball massively in 2019.

Agree but Labour made a far worse start and the wheels seem to be falling off spectacularly quickly. Whatever the reason for Reeves' tears it made the markets very jittery and now there is real doubt about how much longer she will last but Starmer cannot afford to lose her - I think they are both toast and the likes of Rayner and Streeting will be licking their chops. A bit like what is happening with Cllr McAsh locally the internal politics of the Labour party always are the real driver of policy, direction and execution and for a government with such a huge majority to be struggling so much so early is really worrying. We should all be very scared because this is paving the way for Reform and a leadership challenge or swing to the farther-left within Labour would be an unmitigated disaster - we had another term of Boris because the country hated Corbyn and his far-left ideology and the far-left Labour may see a leadership challenge as their only feasible way to take the reigns - a bit like Cllr McAsh and his Momentum buddies.

Clearly Labour HQ doesn't fancy having McAsh leading the council and have found a get out....a technicality that they are using to their advantage. What's that saying about reaping what you sow....I bet Cllr Williams is having a chuckle to himself right now.. The only thing you can rely on is politics is that the far-left will always self sabotage and self-destruct....

The wheels do seem to be falling off for this government very quickly and my worry is that the far-left of Labour will be licking their chops and will try to force a leadership change and all that will do is pave the way for Reform (always interesting at these times to see who is not putting themselves forward and happy to slip into the shadows from the cabinet). Scary ,scary times. Starmer has got to get a grip but his leadership and cabinet are being undermined every single day. One year in - what a mess - didn't Starmer tell us they had been preparing for 14 years for this - clearly they needed more time?

But we have to remember the jumper incident is actually a badge of honour for those on the left and the person he overthrew actually liked that Christmas post! Cllr McAsh has already had more than his fair share of run-ins with the right-wing press after he got a lot of coverage in the Mail after he called on people on social media to intercept an immigration raid in Peckham. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10908569/ringleaders-Peckham-mob-forced-border-cops-release-suspect-include-Marxist-teacher.html I did feel sorry for him for that Mail article as it is an awful rag but, again, in some circles probably considered a badge of honour.

Clearly 72% of the residents in the consultation area said "no". No two ways about it - the overwhelming majority said no. To get what they wanted the council then went down to street level, after running an area consultation, to make street-by-street decisions and treat the positive responses as a referendum for that street. They are quite happy to make it a referendum for the streets but a consultation for the area.....hmmm, they seem to be moving the goalposts a bit....what a surprise.